30 back-to-school lunch box ideas

Wow it’s hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of school (well I guess technically when you are reading this it will already be Monday). Today I thought it would be fun to share some lunch box and snack ideas. Let’s be honest, sometimes it’s hard to come up with new lunch ideas. If my son could eat PB&J every day the rest of his life he would be a happy camper. We will be most likely making sandwiches 2-3 times a week, but I thought I better try and mix things up the other days. We usually eat a lot of hot meals at home, so I thought we’d try a cold version of some of them too. I’ve found it definitely helps when I let my son help pick what he wants for lunch.

I’d love to hear what your go to lunches are in the comments below.

Here’s what my son wanted for his first day –bagel sandwich, carrots, apples and cheese. I even let him add some popcorn we picked up at the farmers market for his first day. I cut out the cheese with a cookie cutter and honestly it took me two seconds. Nothing fancy. I

Then I printed one of these printable lunch box notes (you can download them for free HERE) to go in my son’s lunch too. Yes, I’m totally that mom. The one who walks their kid all the way in and takes pics all along the way. It probably won’t happen after the first day of school. I’m not making any promises. ;)